Jean-Pascal Lacoste

Jean-Pascal Lacoste (also known as Jean-Pascal or Jipé; born 21 June 1978) is a French television personality, TV host and former singer and actor.

Career In 2001, he participated in the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy, but was eliminated on 5 January 2002. He was semi-finalist and participated in the Star Academy Tour. He remained famous for his quarrels with Jenifer Bartoli.

After his participation, he released his singles "L'Agitateur" (#2 in France, #1 in Belgium) and "Rue de la liberté" (#13 in France, #3 in Belgium) and his debut album Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ? (#7 in France, #1 in Belgium).

In June 2002, he became a TV host in a sport program Tous ensemble, then in a Incroyable mais vrai !, along with Bruno Roblès, Roger Pierre et Sophie Favier, on TF1.

In 2006, he started a career as actor in the police series Section de recherches.

In January 2007, he participated in the "Grand Concours des Animateurs", hosted by Carole Rousseau.

In 2008, he has hosted various TV shows on NRJ 12.

Personal life He married Jennifer Jacobs in early 2007 and became Kylie's father on 29 March 2008. In 2014, Jean-Pascal and Jennifer divorced.

Discography

Albums 2002 : Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ? – #1 in Belgium, #7 in France, #61 in Switzerland 2003 : Plein sud – #12 in Belgium, #42 in France

Singles 2002 : "L'Agitateur" – #1 in Belgium, #2 in France 2002 : "Rue de la liberté" – #3 in Belgium, #13 in France 2002 : "La chanson con" – #22 in Belgium, #17 in France

Filmography

Contestant Year Title Television channel Notes 2001 Star Academy 1 TF1 2003 Nice People TF1 2004 Fear Factor TF1 2004–2007 Le Grand Concours des animateurs TF1 3 episodes 2006 Le Grand show de la glace TF1 2010 Attention à la marche ! TF1 2013 Splash: Le Grand Plongeon TF1 2015 Fort Boyard France 2 2016 Un dîner presque parfait W9 2018 Vous avez un colis 6ter 2018 Perdus au milieu de nulle part W9 2018 Strike C8

TV Series actor Year Title Role Director Notes 2003 Le Bleu de l'océan José Ferrera TV mini-series (2 episodes) 2009 Père et maire Nic Pascal Heylbroeck TV series (1 Episode : "Père et maire") 2013 Camping paradis Jean-Pat Bruno Garcia TV series (1 Episode : "Indiana Camping") 2006–2014 Section de recherches Luc Several directors TV series (76 episodes)